Lovely & Beautiful, Floral Spray, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a quick and easy birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top.

I cut a 2-3/4" x 4" piece of Basic White and textured it using the "Floral Spray" embossing folder. Using strong tape, I taped it to the front of the card base.

Next I cut a 2-5/8" x 4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Lovely & Beautiful" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the left side of the card base. It overlapped the textured piece a little. You can also do it the opposite and tape down the DSP first and then the textured piece, it really doesn't matter. It depends on which one you want to highlight more than the other.

The words are from the "Simply Said" (retired) using the new Basic Black hybrid ink on Basic White card stock. I cut them out using a die from the "Sweet Words" die set. 

Then I used the next largest die in that set and cut a layer using "Fresh Freesia" card stock. 

I taped the two layers together and added Dimensionals to the back. I set them in place on the center of the card. I didn't press down on the piece yet because I needed to add the leaf. 

The leaf is from the "Springtime Scenes" die set and it was cut using gold foil card stock. I added a little dot of glue on the last four leaves and slipped it under the word piece. 

I still have some brass butterflies left so I added one to the word piece and the card was done.

This is such pretty paper to play with and I do like how this card turned out. It was fun, quick and easy to do.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Floral Spray, Peace on Earth, Sympathy Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a sympathy card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Berry Burst card stock for the layer. I chose that color because the piece was sitting on my worktable with the layer I cut from the center for yesterday's card. So why not use it before it gets ruined? I taped that piece to the front of the card base.

Next I cut the front piece from Basic White card stock. It measures 3-7/8" x 5-1/8". I cut the square in the upper part using the largest square die in the "Stylish Shapes" set. I also used this as my guide for the embossed image.

I stamped the floral image using the "Floral Spray" embossing folder. I set the piece with the square cut out on it over the textured piece to find the best image I could that would fit in that opening.  Once I found what I liked I trimmed it up and taped it to the Berry Burst piece.

The words were stamped next. I used a retired set (Peace on Earth)  and Basic Black Hybrid ink to stamp them. You want to give this ink a good minuted to dry. I touched it and smeared it a little but I was able to clean it up using my art gum kneadable eraser. I love that eraser. It picks up graphite (and other stuff) without making the paper pill. I even removed the eraser from my mechanical pencil, pinched off a piece of the kneadable eraser and formed it into a drumstick ice cream cone shape and pushed it into the place where the eraser goes. Because it's kneadable you can work it by stretching it and rolling it between your thumb and forefinger and get it soft and even more kneadable. Then shape it to fit where you want.  I love having it at the end of my mechanical pencils.  Just make sure you have a large enough piece so it goes deep into the eraser opening or it will just roll out.  Okay, sales pitch is done. LOL I added Dimensionals to the back of the piece and set it in place on top of the card base.

I had some retired embellishments from the "Charming Shimmer Faceted Dots" package and I set them in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

This was a very quick and easy sympathy card to make. I think it would make a nice card for other occasions too. It's an easy layout to play with too.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's sympathy card,
Wanda

Velvet Meadow, Scalloped Blooms, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a simple birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top.

I cut a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper form the "Velvet Meadow" 12" x 12" package and glued it to the front of the card base. I used glue because the other side has some velvet images on it and I needed the piece to stick well. I wasn't sure if tape would hold down on the velvet so I decided not to take any chances and to just glue it. I set it under my stamping mat so it could lay very flat while the glue set up.

In the meantime I cut another piece of the DSP but this time I used the velvety side. These flowers are just SO pretty in person. They have a velvety center and there's little velvet flowers around the background. My piece was cut at 2" x 4-3/4" and I layered it with a 2-1/4" x 5" piece of Peaceful Pine card stock. 

I taped this to the front of the card about 1/4" from the fold and both sides. 

The words are from the "Scalloped Blooms" bundle and were stamped using the Basic Black hybrid ink on Basic white card stock. I cut them out using a die from the "Sweet Words & Labels" die set. 

I used the next size up die for the Peaceful Pine layer. I taped the two pieces together. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card about 1/2" up from the bottom and equal spacing on each side. I just eyed it. I figure if it looks equal to my eyes, it's close enough. I did measure the right side and it's about 1-1/8" from the right edge of the card base.

I had some retired "Charming Shimmer Faceted Dots" in a color that was close enough to the color in the flowers so I used them. I need to use up these embellishments and it's happening but it's happening slowly. But I should look at it as "it's happening", right?  Anyway, after adding the embellishments, the card was done.

This was such a super quick and easy card to make. This velvet DSP is SO pretty and I can't wait to play with it some more.

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Velvet Meadow, Sweet Words, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it's made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Whit card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Berry Burst card stock for the largest layer.

A 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Velvet Meadow" 12" x 12" package was used for the top layer. This DSP has velvet flowers on it. This particular piece has the velvet on the little white flowers. So fun, so different, and so pretty! I taped this to the Berry Burst piece and then that was taped to the front of the card.

The words are from the "Scalloped Blooms" set and were stamped using the new Basic Black Hybrid ink pad. This ink pad works with markers, watercolors and alcohol inks.  Gotta love that.  I know I do. And I find it stamps such a crisp image.

I cut the words out using a die from the "Sweet Words" labels and dies. Before taping the Berry Burst card stock you can cut the next largest label for the layer. I didn't do that, I had a scrap piece and I used that for my piece. I taped the die cut pieces together, added Dimensionals to the back and set the piece in place on the front of the card.

The little hearts are from the border of the Berry Burst layer. I glued them in place on the word piece and the card was done.

This was a very quick and easy card to make. I love this velvet paper. There's SO many pretty designs in this package.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Garden Gatherings, Sweet Words & Labels, Bloom Boutique, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I thought I'd share a card I made using the "Garden Gatherings" bundle. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Bloom Boutique" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the card base.

Next I cut the pieces for the three layers. The top DSP layer was cut at 2-1/8" x 4". It's from the same package of DSP. The Crisp Cantaloupe layer was cut at 2-3/8" x 4-1/4" and the Hydrangea Hue layer was cut at 2-5/8" x 4-1/2".  I taped all three together and then taped them to the front of the card about 1/2" from the top and sides.

I cut the pretty frame for the flower from the "Sweet Words & Labels" die set using Basic White card stock. Using my blending brush I scrubbed on some Hydrangea Hue ink.

The flower pot was cut using Hydrangea Hue card stock and was stamped using Hydrangea Hue ink and the stamp from the "Garden Gatherings" bundle. 

I stamped the stem of the flowers using Peaceful Pine ink and cut them out with the matching die in the "Garden Gatherings" bundle. 

The flowers were stamped using Crisp Cantaloupe ink on Crisp Cantaloupe card stock. I fussy cut them and then taped them to the stem piece. I taped that piece to the back of the vase. Dimensionals were added to the piece and it was set in place on the pretty frame.

Dimenisonals were added to the back of the pretty frame and it was set in place on the front of th card about1-1/8" from the left side and 1/4" from the bottom.

The words are from the same "Garden Gatherings" bundle and were stamped using Basic White card stock. I cut them out using a die from the "Sweet Words & Labels" set, I cut them as close to the right edge of the die as possible. I used Hydrangea Hue ink to stamp the words. I Dimensionals were added to the back of the word piece and it was set in place about 1-1/4" from the top and 1/2" from the right side. 

I added some pearls to the flowers and the card was done.

This was a fun card to make, it has lot of layers and pieces but it was still fun. I love the new in-colors.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Bloom Boutique, Floral Spray, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Playing with the new stuff is in full force! LOL Today I have a birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of gold foil card stock and taped it to the card base, allowing equal spacing all around.

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is from the "Bloom Boutique" 12" x 12" package. I cut a 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" piece and then trimmed it to fit the angle I wanted on the card. 

I cut the piece at an angle from the top edge mark at 3-1/2" and the bottom at 1".

The Basic White piece was cut at 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" and then trimmed to fit. I cut the piece at an angle from the top edge mark at 1-5/8" from the top right corner and the bottom right corner to the 4" mark. I textured this piece using the "Floral Spray" embossing folder. 

I taped the DSP and the textured piece to the gold foil piece.

Next I stamped the words from the "Scalloped Blossoms" bundle using Pecan Pie ink. Then I cut them using a die from the "Stampin' Cut & Emboss" dies. I used the next size larger to cut the gold foil layer.

I taped the two pieces together, added Dimensionals to the back and set it in place on the center of the card. It looked centered enough to me, I didn't measure.  When cutting the gold foil piece, little hearts were left behind on my die cutting machine. I glued them to the word piece and the card was done.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

All Aflutter, Floral Spray, Thinking of You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a thinking of you card to share with you today.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock that I am going to use as a base to tape the top strips on. 

I cut a 1-3/4" x 5-1/4" strip of Basic White and textured it using the new "Floral Spray" embossing folder.  

The top strip was cut at 1-1/2" x 5-1/4" and the bottom strip was cut at 1" x 5-1/4".  On the bottom strip I stamped the words from the "All Aflutter" stamp set using the new hybrid Basic Black ink. 

I added tape to the top strip. I set it in place and pressed down on the upper area but not on the lower part. I added glue to the textured strip and slipped it under the top strip by just a hair. And the bottom strip was taped in place.

I cut two 1/4" x 5-1/4" strips of Basic White and I glued them to the edges of the top and bottom strips. 

Dimensionals were added to the back of the piece and it was set in place on the top of the card base.

The butterflies are from the "All Aflutter" set and was stamped using Smoky Slate ink that was stamped off twice and then on the Basic White piece. I cut them out using the matching punch. Dimensionals were added to the back of each one and they were set in lace on the front of the card.  And that was it, the card was done.

This was a very fun, quick and easy card to make. The new "Floral Spray" embossing folder is SO pretty and I look forward to playing with it again sometime soon. I never know how soon but I will tell you that it's still sitting on my worktable! LOL

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop and see today's thinking of you card,
Wanda

Sunset Coast, Sunrise Sailing, Words & Wishes, Masculine Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a masculine birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Night of Navy card stock for the top layer. I set the sail boat die from the "Sunset Coast" die set a bit off center and towards the upper part of the card. I wanted to have room for the words. 

After cutting the ship circle out, I cut a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Scenic Coast" 6" x 6" Specialty stack. It's specialty because the water has shimmers on it. It doesn't show in the pic but it's there and it's pretty.

I added tape to the back of the Night of Navy piece and some glue to the sailboat and set it in place on top of the DSP. I didn't cut my DSP enough so I had to trim some of it so it wouldn't show. 

I thought the piece looked a bit blah so I stamped some seagulls from the retired "Sunrise Sailing" bundle using Night of Navy ink. 

There was a large gull leftover from the ones I cut yesterday so I glued that in place on the upper left.

The words are from the "Garden Gathering" bundle and were stamped using Night of Navy ink on Basic White card stock. I cut them out using the fancy die from the "Sweet Words & Labels" die set. I thought the dies were SO pretty. I set the word piece in place using Dimensionals and the card was done.

This was another quick and easy card to make. My stash of masculine cards is pretty thin so I will be replenishing that with a few more of these cards later. I have some other fun sets to play with first before I repeat a set too many times. 

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's masculine birthday card,
Wanda 

Sunset Coast, Scenic Coast, Peace on Earth, Sympathy Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a sympathy card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut two pieces of Basic White card stock that measures 4" x 5-1/4". I taped one to the inside and the other was taped to the outside.

I cut a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Basic Black card stock and cut the lighthouse circled piece using the die from the "Sunset Coast" die set. 

The pretty sunset behind it is from the "Scenic Coast" 6" x 6" stack of Designer Series Paper (DSP).  This paper has some shimmer to it. On the piece I have here, the shimmer is in the water. It doesn't show up on here but in person it's SO pretty. This DSP was taped to the back of the lighthouse circle and the edges were trimmed so none of the DSP hangs over. This piece was taped to the front of the card.

The set has a die that has 3 gulls on it. I cut the three from Basic White card stock and chose the one I wanted for my card. I glued it in place on the upper left corner.

The words are from the retired "Peace on Earth" set (I didn't have any sympathy words in any of the current sets I have). I used the new Basic Black ink pad. It's a very sharp image using this new ink. I'm very pleased with it. It's supposed to work with watercolor and alcohol markers. I thought it would have a nasty smell but there's not much of a smell at all. Once the words were stamped I cut them out using the smallest die in the "Sweet Words & Labels" die set. There's SO many beautiful dies in that set. 

I took one of the hearts that were cut on the sides of the piece and I colored it using the dark Poppy Parade Blends pen.  The bottom of the word piece needed something and the little hearts were just sitting there on my cutting plate and I thought I'd just use one. I glued it in place on the word piece. 

Dimensionals were added to the back of the word piece and it was set in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

This is a super quick and easy card to make. The part that took the longest was trying to hunt down the sympathy words.  I love the look of the DSP and the die is just perfect with it. SO pretty!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's sympathy card,
Wanda

Cutest Crew, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have another card to share with you using the "Cutest Crew" bundle. I just couldn't help myself after running across this card. You can see the original card by clicking here.  Please read on to see how it was made. 

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Azure Afternoon card stock for the largest layer.

A 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" piece of Basic White was cut for the top layer.  I set these pieces aside.

Next I die cut a Basic White piece using the largest rectangle in the "Nested Essentials" die set. I laid the die on my card stock (sitting in my MISTY) and I stamped the birds on the upper area and I stamped the words on the lower part. Both are from the "Cutest Crew" bundle. They were stamped using black Memento ink.

Using that same die I cut a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Love Notes" 6" x 6" package. It was the closes to the blue on the original card. I measured how much I needed on the left side of the stamped rectangle and cut it to fit. I taped it in place.

I colored the birds using Azure Afternoon Blends pens for the two outer birds. For the center bird I used dark Petal Pink overall and light Pumpkin Pie for the highlights. 

The beaks were colored in using dark Daffodil Delight.

The grass was colored in using dark Soft Sea Foam.

The "HELLO" was colored over using the light Pumpkin Pie Blends pen.

I laid the rectangle on top of the Basic White piece to see where the cute little feet would go. They were stamped using Azure Afternoon ink.

Tape was added behind the large Basic White piece and it was taped to the Azure Afternoon piece and then that was taped to the card base.

Dimensionals were added behind rectangle and it was set in place on the front of the card with equal spacing on the top and sides.

I had some retired ribbon (light blue, no other name, just light - that's how old it is!), I tied a bow and glued it to the bottom left of the rectangle and the card was done.

I was going to texture the Basic White piece after I stamped the feet but I forgot. 

This card was so quick and easy to make. I just love these birds and this card is just too darn cute!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda

Brushed With Beauty, Layers of Beauty, Anniversary Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have an anniversary card to share with you. I found this card on Pinterest and I changed it a little bit. You can see the original card by clicking here. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Petal Pink card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut two 4" x 5-1/4" pieces of Very Vanilla card stock. I taped one on the inside of the card. The other I textured using the "Exposed Brick" embossing folder.

I glued the textured piece to a 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of Mossy Meadow card stock. That was then taped to the front of the card base.

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) used here is from the "Brushed with Beauty" 12" x 12" package. I used various dies from the "Spotlight on Nature" dies. 

I laid the circles out the way they are on the original card. I glued the smallest one down first. Then the top left one next. The largest circle was added third and the small bottom left circle was added last. I glued all of them in place instead of tape because tape doesn't always stick well on textured paper.

The words are from the "Layers of Beauty" bundle and were stamped using Mossy Meadow ink on Very Vanilla card stock. I cut them out using the second smallest die from the "Nested Essentials" die set. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card.

The cluster of flowers was fussy cut and set in place using tape on the two leaves that touch the rectangle and Dimensionals on the rest of the piece. It was set in place so that some of it lays on the rectangle. Plus I made it so it hid some of the gap between the two green circles.

I added a few retired Petal Pink "Foiled Gems" to the card and the card was done.

This was a super quick and easy card to make. There was some fussy cutting but it went pretty fast. I did all of the die cut pieces at one time so that went quick too.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's anniversary card,
Wanda

Cutest Crew, Simply Said, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have one more card to share with you using the "Cutest Crew" bundle. I had the bird sitting on my worktable and I thought I should use it. But what do you do with such a tiny image. Well, I always head to my go-to card for small images. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of Old Olive for the largest layer and taped it to the card base. 

The Basic White layer was cut at 3-1/2" x 4-5/8".

For the top two layers I had to work with both of them at the same time. I cut my Petal Pink card stock at 3" x 4-1/8" and the Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Lovely Blossoms" 12" x 12" package was cut at 2-7/8" x 4". I added a tiny bit of tape where I thought the circled would go. I lined up the DSP so the edges were equal on all sides. Then I took a 1-1/4" circle punch and punched out the circle (though both layers). Then I took the piece of DSP and added a piece of scrap copier paper behind it so it wouldn't get pinched or stick in my punch and I punched out a ring using a 1-3/8" circle punch. I taped the two layers together.

I cut a 2" x 2" piece of Basic White card stock and scrubbed on some Old Olive ink. I added Dimensionals around the back of the circle and set the piece on top. I cut a 4-1/2" piece of Old Olive (retired) ribbon and taped the ends to the back of the piece. It's about 7/8" up from the bottom of the circle layered piece. Dimensionals were added to the back of the piece and tape was added to the back of the 2" x 2" square and it was set in place on top of the 3-1/2" x 4-5/8" Basic White layer. Then this was taped to the card base.

Next I colored the bird using both light and dark Petal Pink Blends pens but I didn't think the dark one was dark enough so I used my light Pumpkin Pie pen to add some shadowing highlights.  I colored the grass with both light and dark Old Olive Blends.  I had fussy cut the bird and grass out. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place in the center of the circle.

The "hello" is from the "Simply Said" set and was stamped using black Memento ink and cut with a die from the "Banner Sayings" bundle. I set it in place using Dimensionals and the card was done.

I just love this layout and I have used it a lot of times on my blog. So grab a tiny image and highlight it using this layout.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda

Cutest Crew, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a "Cutest Crew" card to share with you using the dogs. I had to be fair since I did the birds and cats so far. I found this card on Pinterest. I struggled with it because I'm not a dog person so figuring out colors for the dogs was more difficult for me than finding colors for cats or birds. You can see the original card by clicking here.  Please read on to see how I made today's card,

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of Pecan Pie card stock and textured it using the "Beautiful Pattern" embossing folder. I glued this to the card base.

Next I cut the circle from the "Stylish Shapes" die set using the largetst one.  

I stamped the words from the same "Cutest Crew" bundle using black Memento ink.  I glued this piece on top of the Pecan Pie layer.

The dogs were stamped using black Memento ink on Basic White card stock. They were cut out using the matching die. I colored them in using Blends pens. I used Pecan pie for the brown dogs and light Gray Granite for the other two dogs. I used dark Azure Afternoon for one scarf and Poppy Parade for the other scarf. Two dogs have tags and I colored them using the light Pumpkin Pie pen. The flowers were colored  in using light Highland Heather and light Daffodil Delight. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set aside.

I cut the paw prints using the die in the bundle on Poppy Parade card stock. I glued it across the bottom part of the circle. I cut out the butterflies at the same time.

The dogs were set in place next. Then I added the butterflies and the hearts.  The hearts came from the centers of the paw prints I cut out. 

For a bit of a sparkle I added some Wink of Stella to the hearts and flowers and the card was done.

This was another fun card using the "Cutest Crew" bundle. My favorite is the birds and I hope to find time to make one more card using them before my order arrives.  Every time I mention that I'm waiting for my order to arrive I hear the Jeopardy theme son play in my head.  LOL

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda

Cutest Crew, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a friendship card to share with you. I found the cats on my worktable and I had cut one of the cats off of it for a prior card. So I thought I'd look for a card to use the 4 cats. I found this and worked with it, click here to see the original card. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of Petunia Pop card stock for the largest layer. A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White for the next layer and a 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" piece of Bubble Bath card stock for the top layer.  

I textured the top layer using the "Beautiful Pattern" embossing folder. 

Before taping the layers together I cut the butterflies from the center of the Petunia Pop piece.

After taping the layers together I taped them to the front of the card base.

I took my row of cats from the "Cutest Crew" bundle and colored them using my Blends pens. Going from left to right, I colored the first cat using light Petal Pink and added some stripes using light Pumpkin Pie.

The second and fourth cat were colored in using light Pecan Pie. And for the third cat I used light Smoky Slate, leaving the belly area uncolored.

I colored the butterflies using light Highland Heather, Melon Mambo (which should have been Petunia Pop but I picked up the wrong color) and the last butterfly is in light Bubble Bath.

The words are from the "Cutest Crew" bundle, stamped using black Memento ink and cut using the die from the "Spotlight on Nature" dies.

The Basic White strip was cut at 3-7/8" x 1-1/2".  I glued that strip to the front of the card about1" from the bottom of the Bubble Bath piece.

I added tape to the back of the word piece and let it in place about 1/2" up from the bottom edge of the Basic White strip.  I didn't press down because I thought I might need to move it.

Dimensionals were added to the back of the cats and they were set in place on the Basic White strip and was set in place on the bottom edge of the strip. I was happy where things were laying so I pressed down on the word piece. 

I glued the butterflies in place and the card was done.

This was a fun card to make. I am having a lot of fun with the images I had stamped when I was at my friend's place. I have a few more and hope to use them before the new items arrive. 

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda